What did the supreme court's interpretation of the fourteenth amendment allow the court to do?
a. rule that violent criminals do not have due process rights
b. require state governments to provide bill of rights protections to their citizens
c. incorporate state laws into the u. s. constitution
d. determine whether the amendment was constitutional
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The correct answer is B) require state governments to provide Bill of Rights protections to their citizens.

The Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment allows the Court to require state governments to provide Bill of Rights protections to their citizens.

Ratified on July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all the people born or naturalized in the US, including former black slaves. Although in the beginning, the Amendment did not include the states, and the Supreme Court ruled that the Amendment had not to be extended to the states. So during this period of Reconstruction, it was difficult for African Americans to plenty benefited from the Amendment

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i would have to say the women in the 1700 had the most rights because the men did not car about what they did in there time

in 1862, president lincoln's emancipation proclamation opened the door for african americans to enlist in the union army. although many had wanted to join the war effort earlier, they were prohibited from enlisting by a federal law dating back to 1792.

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